Our team of radiation and medical oncologists, physicists, radiation therapists and dosimetrists work together to provide you with a comprehensive treatment plan. St. Mary's of Michigan Seton Cancer Institute offers various treatment services at five convenient locations.

Treatment options include:
Surgery
 
Medical Oncology
• Chemotherapy - the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells
 
Radiation Oncology
• TomoTherapy - the most advanced radiation delivery system available. Click here for more information on TomoTherapy.
• 3D treatment planning - sophisticated computer software that helps us determine the exact volume, shape, and location of tumors.
 
• Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) - the newest radiation treatment equipment that allows us to change the intensity of the radiation beams. This may help us provide treatment for previously untreatable cancers because it improves our ability to focus on the cancerous cells without harming surrounding healthy tissue.

• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) - a method of delivering small beams of high dosage radiation for treating small cancers intead of surgically removing the cancer.  We are the second facility in the State of Michigan to receive the advanced specialized SRS machine CyberKnife.

• Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) such as B-mode acquisition and targeting (BAT), KV and MV computerized imaging (CT) - cancer treatment visualization that allows us to more accurately locate some cancerous sites on a daily basis thereby reducing side effects. For example, this especially important for prostate cancer because its location varies greatly depending on the fullness of the bladder and rectum.

• External beam radiotherapy - the most common form of radiation therapy where a patient lies on a couch and an external source radiation is pointed at a particular part of the body.

• High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy and low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy - such as mammosite (breast) and gliasite (brain) are methods of delivering radiation by inserting a radioactive source temporarily into the body through a tube or balloon that is placed near the cancer.

• Prostate seed implants - a method of delivering radiation to the prostate by implanting permanent radioactive seeds into the prostate. The seeds slowly radiate the cancer over a long period of time.

• Intravascular brachytherapy - a means of treating heart disease by delivering radiation by inserting a radioactive source temporarily into the vascular system.
 
Clinical trials
• Treatment
• Prevention and control

St. Mary's of Michigan Seton Cancer Institute offers the following diagnostic services: • Mammography
• X-rays
• CT scans, including new 64-slice scanner
• MRI, both open and closed
• PET/CT scanner
• Nuclear studies
• Angiography
• Fluoroscopy
Each of these requires an order from a physician: •  If you have no physician, please call 1-800-STMARYS • Search for a physician by clicking here. • Search services and locations by clicking here.
• If you already have an order from your physician, please call Central Scheduling at (989) 907-8222 to set up an appointment today.